Nice post, Don! I'm also solidly into my 50's and have, in the past 5 years, worked in companies where I was among the youngest and oldest in the room (more the latter than the former, though). Despite being in a number of consulting and management roles, solving problems with code is still what brings me the most joy. I recently passed the 35th anniversary of my first Hello World program in BASIC on an Apple ][, and most recently have learned how to build apps on Roku devices using their BrightScript language and environment. I do have to say that the one thing I find the most funny is developers with maybe a couple of years' experience being absolutely certain that vim/emacs/some-other-editor is the "one true way" to build software. :)
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Nice post, Don! I'm also solidly into my 50's and have, in the past 5 years, worked in companies where I was among the youngest and oldest in the room (more the latter than the former, though). Despite being in a number of consulting and management roles, solving problems with code is still what brings me the most joy. I recently passed the 35th anniversary of my first Hello World program in BASIC on an Apple ][, and most recently have learned how to build apps on Roku devices using their BrightScript language and environment. I do have to say that the one thing I find the most funny is developers with maybe a couple of years' experience being absolutely certain that vim/emacs/some-other-editor is the "one true way" to build software. :)